are there any certifications to get for home health

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I looked up and it said there were no more certificatiins

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

Can you clarify what role you are in doing Home Health?? HHA, LPN, RN??

What are you looking to do?

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Rn less than 2 yr

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Acls is for er, I looked into dm educator but I don't have enough time in the field yet

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Specializes in Cardiac, MDS Coordinator.

Really depends on the agency you are working for and what role you will be filling. There should be at least one RN working as an auditor to ensure proper reimbursement, that RN should hold a certification in either coding or auditing, most likely both. If you are working as a home visit nurse, as the majority of newly hired home health nurses begin as, there is no certification that is actually required. However, in most home health agencies, the RN doing intake visits ( new admissions ), will be responsible for applying the proper diagnosis and treatment codes when completing the oasis ( assessment ) forms. In that case, while certification is not required, it could be useful, both short and long term. As the preparations for the certification exam will help you with choosing the correct codes while in the field, and having the certification along with your nursing credentials will make you a more desirable candidate for possible advancement in the future. Hope that was helpful.:)

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Yes thanks

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

There are plenty of certifications that you can have in home care. :yes:

As the previous poster commented on OASIS and coding, if you do skilled nursing visits, there are wound therapy certifications, and also the WOCN certification (master's level), as well as certifications in infusion nursing, including chemotherapy certification if you are an infusion home nurse. IF one does peritoneal dialysis in the home setting, you can become eligible to be certified in dialysis/renal nursing.

Home care is a specialty that allows various specialties to overlap; it depends on what opportunities you decide to be open to. Look on the ANCC website and in your area if these options are available as future opportunities.

Best wishes! :up:

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Do you know if there is a way to be wound care certified without having a BSN? The info I looked up said to even take the test you had to have a BSN.

Also, when you guys say coding, what exactly does that mean? I'm not in home health yet, starting soon.

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